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I. G. PLATT.

BUTTON AND BUTTON FASTEN-ERP No. 329,337. Patented Oct. 27, 1885.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

IRVING G. PLATT, OF \VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE PATENTBUTTON COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON AND BUTTON-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,337, dated October27, 1885.

Application filed June 19, 1885. Serial No. 169,157.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRVING G. PLATT, of Waterbury, county of New Haven,and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement inButtons and Button-Fastenings; and I declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention is in the nature of an improvement in buttons; and theinvention consists in a button combined with a fastening device, in themanner hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of buttonattached to fabric by rivet flattened on one side only; Fig. 2, asideView of same, partly in section. Fig. 3 shows a fastener with one sideonly of its shank flattened and cross-section of same. Fig. 4 is a planview of button attached to fabric by fastener flattened on both sides;Fig. 5, a side view of same, partly in section. Fig. 6 shows a fastenerflattened on both sides and a cross-section of same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

This invention has for its object the simplifying, cheapening, andstrengthening the fast ening of buttons to garments, &c., as will appearfully and at large in the following specification and drawings, whereinA represents the shell of a button made of one or two pieces of inetal,and having a depression, a, in the center of the hub b, and also acentral perforation, c. This practically completes the button-shell, andit in no wise differs from the common and well-known shells of buttonsdesigned to have metallic fastenings.

The fastener G of my button is provided with a head, d, at one end, fromwhich its shank e gradually tapers to a point, f. In the (No model.)

construction of this shank lies the principal feature of my invention,for, as will be seen from the drawings, the shank is flattened either onone or both sides, as at g. If flattened on one side only, the point ofthe shank is slightly bent Over, as in Fig. 3, in the direction of theflat side of the shank. If, however, the shank is flattened on twosides, the bend is omitted. The result of this flattening is as follows:It the fastener with its shank flattened on one side is used, by reasonof its sharp point and edges formed by its flattened sides, it is easilythrust through the fabric of the garment and through the perforation inthe shell of the button. WVith a suitable tool its sharpened end isupset to form a head, h, within the depression a, effectually confiningthe fabric of the garment between the inner surface of the head of thefastener and the lower end of the hub of the button. Now, since theshank of the fastener is flattened on one side and its point slightlybent, as described, the end of the fastener in the process of upsettingcurls over, as in Fig. 2. \Vhen, however, the fastener with two of itssides flattened is used, as in Fig. 5, there is no tendency on the partof the shank to turn or upset more on one side than on the other; hencethe point of the fastener is crowded down or turned over evenly allaround and forms the symmetrical head shown in Fig. 5.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A button-shell with a central depression, hub, and perforation, combinedwith a fastening device, C, provided with a head, d, and with its shankpointed and flattened, as and for the purpose described.

IRVING G. PLATT.

In presence of- Gno. H. GOWELL, J AY H. HART.-

